www.simplybetterschools.orgLike that kitten clinging by a nail in that questionable motivational poster, Simple Majority for Schools continues to hang in there. Proponents were down by 2,620 votes as of 4:10 p.m. yesterday. The totals have yet to be updated today.The Seattle Times reports 178,000 outstanding votes. Of course, if they aren’t coming from here or the other four counties that passed the thing, it won’t necessarily bode well for the results. But school advocates aren’t ready to concede. “It’s not over yet!” declares Lisa Macfarlane, Co-Founder of the League of Education Voters
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